On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:42:08PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:15:39PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Its a little confusing since apt-get is supposed to be getting all > > dependancy stuff. It looks like it is too, but then it fails. > > apt-get satisifies binary dependencies, not build dependencies! YOU > have to ensure that the build dependencies are satisfied prior to > building the package. Fortunately, since the build dependencies are > declared, this isn't too tough. > > There may be a tool which satisifies the build-dependencies for you; I > don't know of one though.
'apt-get build-dep <packagename>', as Harry said at the top of this thread. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
